Central nervous system infection caused by Mycobacterium houstonense: A case report

BackgroundMycobacterium houstonense is a rapidly growing mycobacterium (RGM) that belongs to the unnamed third biovariant complex of the Mycobacterium fortuitum group, which is rarely responsible for human infection. Approximately 76% of infections caused by the M. fortuitum group occur after open f...

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Main Authors: LiXia Wang, FaPing Wang, Chuan Yang, FengMing Luo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2022.908086/full